Cracked Actor - A film about David Bowie (FULL DOCUMENTARY)

n 1974, David Bowie embarked on an extensive tour of America. Performing over 70 concerts and taking 6 months, Bowie and his band stepped on stage each evening to deliver a highly tuned and finely timed performance that was the Diamond Dogs show. It included some of the most spectacular and expensive stage effects and scenery ever seen, even by today's standards. In September of the same year, a BBC television film crew headed by producer/director Alan Yentob was invited to follow David Bowie mid-tour in and around Los Angeles as part of the DIAMOND DOGS/PHILLY DOGS tour. This highly acclaimed 54-minute documentary film entitled ''Cracked Actor - A film about David Bowie'' was first broadcast on 26th January 1975 as part of BBC-TV's Omnibus series. It's original title was ''David Bowie - The Collector''. It features interviews with Bowie, together with rare live concert footage of the Diamond Dogs show (which includes the breathtaking theatrical stage scenery and special effects!) filmed on 5th September at the UNIVERSAL AMPHITHEATRE, HOLLYWOOD. Also included are live clips from D.A. Pennebaker's 1973 film of Ziggy Stardust's "Farewell" show at the Hammersmith Odeon, interviews with David's fans and followers, and excerpts from a session at Philadelphia's SIGMA SOUND STUDIOS during rehearsals for Young Americans. All of this, interspersed with album tracks and images, make this probably the most in-depth, talked about Bowie TV documentary ever made! Live '74 tracks include: REBEL REBEL, CRACKED ACTOR, SWEET THING, MOONAGE DAYDREAM, ALADDIN SANE, TIME, SPACE ODDITY, ROCK 'N' ROLL SUICIDE, DIAMOND DOGS and JOHN I'M ONLY DANCING.